Heavy brand name, big cheat

User Rating: 6 | WRC: FIA World Rally Championship PC
This game was long awaited from almost every computer gamer who has a steering wheel and an interest for rallying.

It was supposed to be a mixture of Richard Burns Rally (gameplay, handling, simulation) and the latest iterations of Colin Mc Rae Dirt 2.0 (graphics). It is none.

It's biggest advertising hit was that it had the proper license, all the drivers and the exact car models of the true WRC 2010 championship.

But it has no official support.
The first patch came out quickly to cover some major bugs but nothing from there. It is made by an average italian company who paid a great amount of money for the license but none for the development of a modern 2010 game.

It has combined axis on the gas-brake pedals.
We are talking year 2000 and before!

The graphics are outdated (4 or 5 years old at least).
The road surface lacks any kind of depth. It looks similar to a glass surface
painted in different colors.

The braking is very strange. It is almost impossible to achieve an acceptable level of operation for it.

The co-driver is extremely annoying.

Most of the turns seem identical (awful long horseshoe shaped).

And finally even if you play 90% of the game you still don't get to drive for the two factory teams in the championship. Only for the smaller teams. This is definitely not a reward but a punishment